Kilo Lingo

la

feminine

/neˈβaða/

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Translation

snowfall

Word origin

From nevar ('to snow'), from Vulgar Latin nivare, from Latin nix, nivis ('snow'). The same root survives in the rare English word 'niveous'.

Origin
Latin
Root
nix, nivis

Grammar

Genderfeminine
Pluralnevadas

Examples

.

The snowfall covered the whole village in white.

.

Last night there was a very heavy snowfall.

¿ ?

Have you seen this morning's snowfall?

cerradas .

The roads are closed because of the snowfall.

¡ !

What a beautiful snowfall!

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This word is part of lesson 82.